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Heavyweight

Heavyweight | Heavyweights

Heavyweight meaning

A very large, heavy, or impressive person. | The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division. | A similar division and contestant in other sports.

Example sentences (20)

It was over ten years ago that Don King, the true heavyweight of heavyweight boxing, in the fading twilight of his promotional life declared the search for the next heavyweight star open.

Bader, the former light heavyweight champion who became a double champion with his first win over Emelianenko, is now 6-0 with 1 no contest as a heavyweight and has made three successful title defenses.

Jones looked imperious as he slipped a left hand from Gane and took him down, trapping him against the cage before adding his new-found bulk at heavyweight to reinforce a guillotine choke and claim the vacant heavyweight title.

Miocic has competed at heavyweight his whole career - while Jones has spent most of his career at light-heavyweight.

Asked about the future he says he can move up to heavyweight but feels good at light heavyweight for now, noting that a training partner of his in Sean Strickland is getting the next middleweight title show so he wont get in the way of that.

Ferreira won the PFL’s heavyweight tournament last year and rubber-stamped his clash against Ngannou by knocking out Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in February.

Logan Bender, Chisago Lakes, senior, heavyweight (285): Last season’s Class 2A heavyweight state champion signed with Northern Illinois.

Once you're in the heavyweight division, you're a heavyweight.

Gypsy King, Fury, who recently claimed the WBC heavyweight title from Deontay Wilder in a rematch, has always earned the respect of Tyson since his comeback in 2018 and the former American heavyweight said he ‘respects’ the Gypsy King.

He arrived into the ring carried on a golden throne, and is now atop the heavyweight division of the sport by completing a full set of the world heavyweight belts by adding Wilder's WBC title.

Tyson dominated boxing during the late 1980s, reigning as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and breaking the record for the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title.

Crawford-Khan, Avengers-Thanos two heavyweight showdowns (0:30)Terence Crawford takes on Amir Khan, while the Avengers square off vs. Thanos in two heavyweight clashes.

The Mexican-American heavyweight champion who defeated Joshua in June to win the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles took to Instagram in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 24) to confirm his rematch with the British-Nigerian boxer.

This morning in Cape Town, South Africa, heavyweight Ruann Visser (18-2, 17 KO’s) was set to face Tian Fick (8-0, 5 KO’s) for the SA heavyweight title.

The network will also broadcast another heavyweight title fight, for the WBC heavyweight championship, between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz on March 3 in Brooklyn, NY.

This made him the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.

About to enter a clothing store in Beverly Hills, he was once recognized by heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson after some small talk.

After competing on The Ultimate Fighter and in Bellator MMA, you can now find him competing in the light heavyweight division of Bare Knuckle Fighting ChampionshipBroBible is an affiliate partner of BKFC).

After Tom’s death on the Western Front in 1917, Ivy, living in Melbourne with their baby son, married Australian heavyweight champion wrestler and founder of a health and strength college, Clarence Weber.

Also fighting on the undercard is experienced Kiwi boxer Joseph Parker who challenged Anthony Joshua back in 2018 and is a former WBO heavyweight champion.